20 June 2011
G4S PLC
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR SHAREHOLDING
The company was notified on 17 June 2011 by BlackRock, Inc that, following a
disposal of voting rights, through a chain of controlled undertakings it now
holds indirectly voting rights in the company through ordinary shares and
through other financial instruments over 69,448,158 ordinary shares. This
amounts to 4.93% of the company's total voting rights.
Peter David
Company Secretary
For further enquiries, please contact:
Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations +44
(0) 1293 554400
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David Allchurch or John Sunnucks, Tulchan Group+44(0) 0207 353 4200
Notes to Editors:
G4S is the world's leading security solutions group, specialising in outsourcing
of business processes in sectors where security and safety risks are considered
a strategic threat. G4S is the largest employer quoted on the London Stock
Exchange and has a secondary stock exchange listing in Copenhagen. G4S has
operations in more than 120 countries and more than 625,000 employees. For more
information on G4S, visitwww.g4s.com .
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Notification of Major Shareholding
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